In a very generous effort to make the HTC Desire even more accessible, T-Mobile has just announced a new price tag for the mobile phone, turning the Desire into one of the most reasonably priced high end handsets of today.

According to Know Your Mobile, T-Mobile is offering new contracts for the handset. The first is a 20 Pound, 18 month contract that will give subscribers 1GB of data (officially, the website says unlimited internet, but that is subject to the internet fair use policy, hence only 1GB). It reportedly also has 100 minutes of talk time and 100 text messages. This deal will have the handset available for 35 Pounds Sterling.

The second deal will net users the HTC Desire at a slightly higher 50 Pound price tag, but gives users a nice 25 Pound monthly deal that gives 600 minutes of talk time, 500 text messages and once again unlimited internet access that is subject to the fair use rule.

For those who are wondering about the specs on the HTC Desire. This impressive little handset comes with a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 5 mega pixel camera and a 3.7 inch AMOLED touch screen display and the Google Android 2.1 Éclair operating system. No specific date has been given on when the Froyo update for the HTC handset will be available.

In other HTC related news, several devices from the Taiwan based manufacturer that are UK bound have been leaked. The phones include the HTC Ace, Vision and the Gold. While details on the Ace are minimal, the Gold is said to be the formerly announced WP& Mondrian and the Vision is an Android handset with a slide out keyboard.

The news is confusing as it has no mention of HTC’s other WP7 handset, the previously announced Mondrian which is expected to sport some rather impressive hardware. The Mozart looks pretty much like a basic handset which means that it is likely that the phone only sticks the specified minimum hardware requirements given by Microsoft. The HTC Mondrian on the other hand is expected to have a 1.2 GHz CPU and other hardware specifications that will make it one of the most advanced smart phones to be released this year.

The Mozart comes with a basic smart phone form factor –that of a simple touch screen device with a large display and some buttons on the bottom. This makes the Mozart a type-1 chassis according to the standards that have been set by Microsoft.

In other Windows Phone 7 news, it seems that Xbox Live Games will be playing a much larger role in the new mobile platform. There have been reports that all app games for the OS will be going through this system and that the achievements system will be implemented across all games.

While it is confirmed that existing XBL users will be able to access their accounts and their avatars, many believe that the gamer points earned from the console will be counted differently from the ones they earn playing games from this smart phones. As for games, it is expected that WP7 will have plenty of app support (thanks to the early release of the SDK and WP7 handsets being handed out to some developers) despite initial reports that the new OS is hard to program for.

HTC were behind the Google Android flagship phone, the Nexus One, and their HTC Desire handset is equally popular, so many are eager to see what they’ll be able to come up with for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS.

HTC Bravo

In more ways than one, the HTC Bravo and the Google Nexus One have been closely related devices. Aside from the fact that HTC manufactured both devices (though the Nexus was Google branded), they are similar to each other in terms of specs and form. In December, when there were plenty of news and rumors about the Nexus One, some people even mistook the two devices as one.

The Nexus One was unveiled and released early this January at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California where it was revealed that the device would be exclusively sold through the Google online store. While this may have been a bad move for Google (they only managed to sell 20,000 units in the first week of sales), this was beneficial to many other mobile phone manufacturers who were also working on Android devices.

Google Nexus One

Still, many people want the Nexus One. In the UK, the only way to get the Snapdragon powered Android smart phone is to order the device online with an additional cost of 30 Pounds for the shipping and the UK adapter. No, it looks like HTC is going to deliver a cheaper and equally impressive alternative, the HTC Bravo.

The reason why people mistook the Bravo for the Google phone was because the two devices are similar in specs. The Bravo comes with a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, a 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen and a 5 megapixel camera –just like the Google phone. But unique to the Bravo is the ability to record videos in 720p HD quality. It has also been reported that the HTC will be available locally in the UK and that the device will have a much lower price than the Nexus One.

Want more info? Details about the HTC Bravo are available at the Guardian UK.

At $530, the Nexus One is pricey. Google was not shooting for the low-end market. Instead, their target audience appears to be those persons who expect a great number of impressive features and specs. By all accounts, it looks like Google will give it to them. Though no official word has been given, there are rumors concerning what the phone will offer users.

The Google Nexus One will reportedly include a five or six megapixel camera, will run on Snapdragon and GSM networks. The latter means that while it will be able to work just fine on the AT&T network, it won’t on the Sprint Nextel or Verizon Wireless. Besides what seems to be a high quality camera, the latest Android by the search engine giant will have a 3.7 inch touch screen display, FM radio and Bluetooth technology.

Though the Google Nexus has yet to be released, it appears like it is going to be great phone. It is using the Android Operating System, reportedly will have a top-of-the-line camera and use the speedy Snapdragon as its processor. Set to be introduced formally to the public very soon, Google’s Android, the Nexus One, has a lot of people talking. It already owns most of the buzz surrounding the Consumer Electronics Show, where it will be officially unveiled for the entire world.